A beautiful August Day ends perfectly
A blog of events ideas and thoughts from Turnip House - a craft business in the Mourne Mountains
Sunday, August 21, 2011
Saturday, August 20, 2011
Butterflies
The sun and the surprising profusion of flowers has done wonders for our butterfly population!
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| Peacock on the buddleja "the butterfly bush" |
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| the butterfly trap |
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| Red Admiral |
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| Red Admiral |
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| Peacock |
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| Tortoiseshell |
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| tortoiseshell |
Felting Workshops
Two more successful Felt workshops this week.
Thanks to Harriet, Jennifer, Eileen & Sheila for some great craic and fantastic creative energy!
Thanks to Harriet, Jennifer, Eileen & Sheila for some great craic and fantastic creative energy!
Monday, August 15, 2011
35 Year Old Lupin
After clearing much of the front garden over winter, a single lupin leaf appeared in the spring.
It has blossomed into this magnificent specimen. We have not put any lupins in here, so chances are it's a dormant legacy from when the garden was in it's heyday, 35 years ago!
Here's a reminder of the garden in the 1970's :
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| purple on purple |
It has blossomed into this magnificent specimen. We have not put any lupins in here, so chances are it's a dormant legacy from when the garden was in it's heyday, 35 years ago!
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| Tropaeolum speciosum sometimes known as the 'flame flower' lives up to it's name |
Here's a reminder of the garden in the 1970's :
Sunday, August 14, 2011
Saturday, August 13, 2011
Carlingford Oyster Festival
If you want a really good time - and brilliant oysters, get yourself down to the "gastronomic paradise of medieval Carlingford" tomorrow 14th August for the Oyster Festival
http://www.carlingford.ie/images/stories/PDF/oyster-festival1.pdf
Turnip House be there at the craft fair on Tholsel Street (we're also open at home)
Turnip House be there at the craft fair on Tholsel Street (we're also open at home)
Friday, August 12, 2011
Flowers and Fruit
Had a fantastic day on Tuesday!
Claire brought us our first eating apple tree, and armed with bucket loads of enthusiasm, helped us create another flowerbed and (at last!) start on the fruit garden.
Claire brought us our first eating apple tree, and armed with bucket loads of enthusiasm, helped us create another flowerbed and (at last!) start on the fruit garden.
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| March 2011 - stones and nettles! |
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| Stage 1 complete! the flowerbed is made. All the stones came out of this space |
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| Claire's Tree |
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| The Planting Ceremony |
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| "I'm Happy!" |
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| Our new Fruit Trees against the Mountains |
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| Planted out with 13 Black Hollyhocks and 47 Sunflowers (a bit wee at the moment, but things grow!) |
Friday, August 05, 2011
Garden Flowers
We didn't think that the Turnip House Yard would look so colourful this season, but it's coming on great - there is a reason for rain as we've noted before!
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| crocosmia |
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| flower of the summer - argyranthemum |
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| the flowers open a dark yellow, and gradually fade to white, giving hundreds of creamy tones in the one plant |
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| Charlie on his lawn! |
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| These buddleia (and the lilies) were only planted this April, they now reach the top of the wall |
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| less exciting, but still beautiful |
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| intense pelargonum flowers |
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| another one |
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| the crocosmia flame as the field slips down to the river |
Thursday, August 04, 2011
Two Evenings in August
August came in hot and steamy - not like in the South East of England still less New England! but by our standards as close to the bayou as Benraw is likely to get!
We have had two perfect evenings - rainbowed skies and cloud-wreathed mountains
We have had two perfect evenings - rainbowed skies and cloud-wreathed mountains
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| great portents |
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| August opens in style |
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| lowering skies set off the sunshine |
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| the far seat, with hay field beyond |
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| the mountains wreathed in mist |
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| Slieve Bearnagh |
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| cutting the hay in the evening sunshine |
Monday, August 01, 2011
Satellite eye on Earth: July 2011 - in pictures | Environment | guardian.co.uk
It's amazing what's up there much of it looking down on us - check out these monthly collections of photographs from space. So intrinsically beautiful, and also informative:
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